--- title: But they thought he said, "Ma-lo, ma-lo[15]!"--"What!" said the bear… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But they thought he said, "Ma-lo, ma-lo[15]!"--"What!" said the bear, who was hiding behind the beeches with the other beasts, "here have we four been getting together all we could, and this pig-faced cat calls it too little! Who acts: bear, cat, we, faced cat. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear, cat, we, faced cat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg29672:13:16 # text = But they thought he said, "Ma-lo, ma-lo[15]!"--"What!" said the bear, who was hiding behind the beeches with the other beasts, "here have we four been getting together all we could, and this pig-faced cat calls it too little! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 lo lo INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 lo lo INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 acl _ _ 32 behind behind ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 beeches beech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 ccomp _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nsubj _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux _ _ 46 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 47 together together ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obj _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 54 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 too too ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | bear | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bear | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | past · progressive | the bear | | | the beeches | | with the other beasts | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind beech=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get together** *in a quote* | participle · progressive | we | all | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 7 | **call** *in a quote* | present | this faced cat | Ma | | | | little *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/17/) - ↑ back to [The Fox and the Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/13/)